RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted July 20, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 20, 2012 This will have a lot of photos so be warned. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted July 20, 2012 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 20, 2012 Some more Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 What sort of date were the photos taken - presumably during the last few years? The bumps, dents, rust and paint are going to be a challenge to recreate in model form Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted July 21, 2012 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 21, 2012 What sort of date were the photos taken - presumably during the last few years? The bumps, dents, rust and paint are going to be a challenge to recreate in model form 2002, hth Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Martin Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 These are very interesting. My interest in British Railways didn't kick back in until a couple of years after this, or I'd have been applying for a permit myself. The withdrawal of permits was linked to the introduction of the Container Security Initiative, I think, which came in in 2004 at Liverpool. I've looked at an awful lot of JXA photos over the years, but I don't recall seeing the "EMR" branding. That's an interesting variation. Thanks for posting these. Jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted August 1, 2012 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 1, 2012 No problem Jim. Here's some MBAs at Alexander Dock, Liverpool, in 2002 - apologises for the intrusion of the lens hood but I couldn't get back any further and needed wide angle, and forgot to take the hood off ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Excuse me for asking a dumb question but how are these scrap wagons emptied? Can they be rotated? Lovely pics, Dave, as usual.... Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Excuse me for asking a dumb question but how are these scrap wagons emptied? Can they be rotated? Lovely pics, Dave, as usual.... Best, Pete. Electromagnet on a crane, or sometimes a multi-pronged grab; hence the dented sides. These are a bit more solid than the 16-tonners I remember in the 1970s- it was quite common for bits of rusted-through bodywork to accompany the scrap into the furnace... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted August 1, 2012 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 1, 2012 Hi Pete, the unloading equipment is partially visible in these shots, grabs with either jaws or magnets. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 I really like these kind of photos. Nothing like using an actual wagon as a "template" for weathering. Cheers, Dave, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glorious NSE Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Like Jim I hadn't realised any got European Metal Recycling branding before they ended up with VTG grey dip. Nice collection Dave. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Martin Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 More great photos, Dave! One day I will finish my steel coil wagons and move on to doing scrap wagons! The bought-in RTR part of the fleet is a set of 10 MBAs, most of which have been on hand for months, waiting for the building programme to catch up... In the very first MBA shot, what was coupled immediately to the left? Is it some sort of container wagon (judging from the bogie type and brake reservoir that are visible)? Jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted August 2, 2012 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 2, 2012 More great photos, Dave! One day I will finish my steel coil wagons and move on to doing scrap wagons! The bought-in RTR part of the fleet is a set of 10 MBAs, most of which have been on hand for months, waiting for the building programme to catch up... In the very first MBA shot, what was coupled immediately to the left? Is it some sort of container wagon (judging from the bogie type and brake reservoir that are visible)? Jim Hi Jim, quite correct, it was an FAA - I've posted the photos here Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted August 2, 2012 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 2, 2012 Occasionally SSAs would visit the docks, normally gone by Saturday which was generally the day I could get over for photographs but on this occasion 25 May 2002 on had been left behind Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glorious NSE Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Interesting is the ladder, removed from one end but not the other! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Martin Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 The missing ladder is actually quite a handy thing for me. The end ladders are probably the worst feature of the Chivers SSA kit, and now I have an excuse for carving them off! Jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted September 20, 2012 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 20, 2012 21 May 2001 MBA 500155 parked in the scrap sidings MBA 500020 parked in the scrap sidings Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted September 20, 2012 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 20, 2012 21 May 2001 JXA PR3004 parked in the scrap sidings Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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